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Tomato Tasks

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

So this is how I spent most of my Sunday afternoon: cutting plum tomatoes in half, scooping out their gooey ribs and seeds with my fingers and roasting the hell out of them. All the tomatoes in this basket came from one ridiculously fecund plant, a fecundity I rather resented about [...]

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An Artist Bakes the Ginger Cake

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

I don’t have an artistic molecule in my body but I’m a great appreciator. My friend Stella — with whom God was generous with artistic gifts — baked this cake soon after I posted Sylvia Thompson’s recipe. I adore the way she finished it, converting the suggested dusting of confectioner’s sugar into [...]

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A Recipe ( and Book) to Treasure

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

“The cake has become perhaps the most valued in my repertory,” wrote Sylvia Thompson about her Fresh Ginger Cake in one of my most treasured cookbooks: “Feasts and Friends.” “It’s easy and foolproof and can be handed round in not much more than three-quarters of an hour after I’ve thought to make [...]

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No-Souffle Tuesday

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Between the heat and the holiday, souffle-making fell off the To Do list last week, but I have several interesting recipes to test and hope to have one to share next week.
I saw on the Chez Panisse website that lucky diners there recently got to enjoy a corn and chanterelles [...]

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A Charlie Brown Apple Tree

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

At the back of our property we have two small apple trees: Pink Pearl’s fruit is as luscious as it is beautiful, while No-Name’s apples are cute but sadly deficient in the flavor department. So guess which tree managed to birth all of TWO apples this year and which one produced more [...]

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